User blog comment:Bluestripe the Wild/Rise of the Mercenaries/@comment-3135907-20110608175949

Cloke's ship slides into the east cove on the other side of Sampetra, away from the harbor and the other ships. The mysterious rat seems to melt off the deck and into the shallows. "Lower a longboat," he says to Gittrag. " I'll need it to return to the ship. And release that oaf you call Ragim out of the brig. I'll need him, and you also. Bring six others. Floj, you are in charge of the vessel until my return. Sail out to beyond the point, out of range of the shore, and drop anchor there. All will go well,  and we shall sail into Sampetra Harbor at midnight, when they sleep." Cloke drifts off in the direction of the beach and steps out onto the sand. "Come on," he says urgently but rasping nonetheless, "and drag the longboat up this beach, and cover it with sand so as to conceal it. Now. I don't haaave all daaay, you know." Gittrag and the six quickly scramble to lower the boat and shove it up the shore. "Hiding the boat will take too long, Gittraaag. Leave two to do the job, and take the others and follow me." Gittrag complies, and he, the four and Cloke top the first sand dune to look upon Sampetra Isle.